The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-06-22
NO. 1877
ALDIcN's MANIFOLD CYCLoPEDIA OF
KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE

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| One Of the most extraordinary literary
enterprises Of the age is the work which
bears the above title.
The specimen pages which the pub
Usher sends free to any applicant, show
the type which is used-a good clear
faced Brewer; also the form deal''
for convenience, easy for the eye, handy
to hold. The volumes will average about
GAO pages each, and there will probably
be about thirty of them--the manifold"
number will not be inconyenient; when
you consult Cyclopedia you are sup
posed to know what "title'' you are look
ing for; the lettering on the back of each
volume tells you at a glance what titles
will be found within, SO you do not look
in the wrong one--and the volumes are
so "handyv you quickly turn TO the
sought-for page.
There will be several thousand illustra-
tious--no s'mere pictures. but every
thing of importance that will serve to H.
lustrate.
The Manifold Cyclopedia is to be much
more than Encyclopedia of Universal
Knowledge 1t will embody also Die
tionary of the English Language
ing every word which has any claim to a
place in the language. How often you
have consulted Appleton's or Chambers,
or Johnson's Cyclopedia and failed to find
the title you we're looking for--then con-
suited Webster's Unabridged and were
successful; the word belonged to the Die
tionary rather than 10 the Cyciopedia.
Or you have consulted Webster, and
found little more than mere definition
Of the word-you must go to the Cyclic
pedia for details of knowledge. Or, more
probable than either of the foregoing sup
positions, you do not own either a first
class Cyclopedia or a first.class Dictiona-
ry, or only one Of tho two, because Of
their prohibitory cost, so you consult
your imagination and ego hungry for
lack Of the few lines of print that would
satisfy you In the Manifold Cyclopedia
you will find survey of all knowledge
which is illustrated by the English Lam
guage-and Its cost is within your reach,
only 80 cents q volume for cloth binding,
90 cents for half morocco
In this age of the world, no general
Cyclopedia or Dictionary can be in any
proper sense original new COM
pilation, If it has merit, is based upon the
knowledge found embodied In all its pre-
decessors. knowledge" as set forth in
books can not be monopolfzed by ''patent''
or copyright -only:the form Of embodi-
ment can be thus covered. The latest
discoveries Tor imaginIngs) of the scien-
lists, the latest "6nds' Tor frauds) OF the
archmologiststs, the latest theories of the
political economists--all are subject to
the sight drafts Of the latest Encyclo-
pedlst. Alden's Manifold Cyolopedia un-
aeFtakes toeombine IN tlla most convent.
ent and concise land yet full and econom-
ical form possible, the results of the
scholarship of the world, up to the time
Of its publication. Awaiting itself most
of the labors of its predecessors who have
accomplished the best results, the Mani
fold Cyclopedia, draws more largely from
Chambers than from any other Of the
family of Cyclopedias, and more largely
from Stormonth than from any other OF
the family of Dictionaries Cham
bers' is an acknowledged model for Cy-
clopedia; but Ii is adapted particularly to
England rather to America; Stormonthi is
the acknowledged peer of Webster, Wor-
cester. the Imperial, and Murray, as an
authority, but without peer 10 the COM
bined qualities Of conciseness, clearness,
and accuracy of learning. No authori-
ties, however, are blindly followed, but
effort is carefully made to bring all mat
ters to the generally accepted standard Of
the most eminent American, rather than
foreign, scholarship.
Editorial talent second to mono 10 Amer
lea, in experience andsskiH is engaged in
the conduct Of the work; the publishers
past experience in Cyclopedia making
(notably in The Library of Universal
Knowledge, now known--trebled in price
las the international Cyclopedia) is
good basis for the pledge he makes to his
patrons that This Manifold shall be in
ferior to no other Cyclopedia in any Of
the important qualities of popular
guide to knowledge. Specimen pages
free, or specimen volume may be order
ed and returned IL not wanted. John B.
Alden, Publisher, 1913 Pearl street, New
York.